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EU ambassador leaves Nicaragua in week of diplomatic tensions

European Union Ambassador Bettina Muscheidt left Nicaragua on Saturday, just three days after being declared "persona non grata" by the government of President Daniel Ortega, in a week of tensions with the international community.

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Nicaragua cuts diplomatic ties with Netherlands

Nicaragua suspended diplomatic ties with the Netherlands on Friday, according to a statement published by the Central American country's foreign ministry.

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US envoy ‘will not be admitted’ to Nicaragua, vice president says

Nicaraguan Vice President Rosario Murillo says decision due to new US ambassador’s ‘interfering’ attitude.

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Nicaragua has kicked out hundreds of NGOs – even cracking down on Catholic groups like nuns from Mother Teresa's order

Many countries around the world are becoming less democratic as leaders in places such as Nicaragua, Mali, Hungary and Bangladesh seek to increase their power and diminish the ability of the courts, legislatures and independent institutions to constrain them.

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Nicaragua declares EU ambassador to country persona non grata -local media

Nicaragua has declared the European Union's ambassador to the country a "persona non grata" and ordered her expulsion from the country, local media reported on Wednesday.

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Nicaragua blocks Spanish-language CNN from air amid government crackdown

Nicaragua's government suspended CNN's Spanish-language service from all cable channels in the Central American country, the television station said Thursday.

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Bolsonaro tries red scare tactics in Brazil election by raising spectre of Nicaragua

Brazil’s far-right president claims that leftwing rival Lula will repress clergy like Ortega but so far with little apparent success

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US officials: Border crossings soar among Venezuelans

U.S. authorities say the number of Venezuelans taken into custody at the U.S. border with Mexico soared in August

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Pope asks Nicaraguan government to let expelled nuns return

Pope Francis asked the Nicaraguan government on Thursday to allow expelled nuns of the order founded by Mother Teresa to return to Nicaragua, saying they were harmless "revolutionaries of the gospel."

Reuters

Exclusive-Biden urges Mexico to take migrants under COVID expulsion order he promised to end

As border crossings have soared to record highs, U.S. President Joe Biden's administration is quietly pressing Mexico to accept more migrants from Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela under a COVID-19 expulsion order that the White House has publicly sought to end, seven U.S. and three Mexican officials said.

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Fleeing Nicaraguans strain Costa Rica's asylum system

Since the summer of 2021, when Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega locked up dozens of political opponents ahead of November’s presidential elections, Nicaraguans have been seeking asylum in Costa Rica at the highest levels since Nicaragua’s political crisis exploded in April 2018

The Independent UK

Russia to launch major military drills with China and others

Vostok 2022 military manoeuvres to be held September 1-7 with forces from China, Syria, India, Nicaragua and elsewhere.

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Cubans flee island's economic woes by air, land and sea

Cubans are fleeing their country in the largest numbers in more than four decades

The Independent UK

Nicaraguan government takes over opposition newspaper headquarters

The Nicaraguan government took over the facilities of a long-standing newspaper critical of President Daniel Ortega to turn the space into a "cultural center," the newspaper said on Tuesday.

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The Little League World Series will continue on Tuesday with another four games including some elimination games with the loser going home.

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Pope voices worry over bishop's detention in Nicaragua

Pope Francis has expressed worry about the situation in Nicaragua following the detention of a Roman Catholic bishop and several priests

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Pope urges dialogue over Church-state crisis in Nicaragua after bishop's arrest

Pope Francis on Sunday called for an "open and sincere" dialogue to resolve a stand-off between the Church and government in Nicaragua, following the arrest of a bishop who is a leading critic of President Daniel Ortega.

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Nicaraguan police detained a bishop and other priests in a pre-dawn raid

President Daniel Ortega's government has moved systematically against voices of dissent, arresting many opposition leaders last year.

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Nicaraguan bishop arrested after two-week standoff at Matagalpa residence

Rolando Álvarez and eight others in custody after latest clash between President Daniel Ortega and Catholic church

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Nicaraguan police detain bishop critical of President Daniel Ortega

Nicaraguan police raided a house where a bishop critical of President Daniel Ortega had been placed under house arrest and took him to an unknown destination in the early hours of Friday, religious and human rights groups said.

The Independent UK

Nicaraguan police arrest bishop, other priests in raid

Nicaraguan police have raided the residence of a Roman Catholic bishop, apparently detaining him and several other people holed up inside for two weeks

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Tropical wave over Nicaragua still has low chance of developing, hurricane forecasters say

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A disturbance over Nicaragua is expected to move across Central America this week then emerge over the Gulf of Mexico.

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EXPLAINER: Tension between Nicaragua and the Catholic Church

Nicaragua’s government recently shuttered seven radio stations belonging to the Catholic Church

Los Angeles Times

'Not even Orwell could have dreamed up a country like this': Journalists forced to flee Nicaragua

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — On Father's Day of last year, Octavio Enríquez shared pizza and soda with his two children. Then he told them he was leaving.

The Independent UK

Nicaraguans celebrate Mass peacefully after procession ban

Hundreds of Nicaraguans have attended Mass under a heavy police presence after the government prohibited a religious procession in the capital amid tensions with the Roman Catholic Church

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